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Oakville Construction Data

6k+ building permit records from Oakville, Ontario, plus planning applications, and zoning. One API, geocoded, normalized, and refreshed automatically.

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6k
Total Permits
1k
Last 12 Months
$1.3B
Construction Value (12 mo.)
6
Permit Categories

Datasets available in Oakville

Beyond building permits, Oakville also has Planning applications, and Zoning in the same API, queryable with the same parameters.

Building permits
6k records
/permit
Checked daily
Planning applications
656 records
/planning_application
Checked weekly
Zoning
4k zones
/zone
Checked monthly

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About Oakville Construction Data

Oakville building permits cover all permitted construction activity in the city: new homes and condos, commercial and industrial builds, residential renovations, additions, demolitions, and changes of use. BuildData also tracks planning applications, and zoning for Oakville, available through the same API with the same parameters. BuildData collects and normalizes these records from Oakville’s open data portals on a daily-to-weekly cadence (by dataset), making 6k+ Oakville permits searchable through a single REST API.

1k+ building permits were issued in Oakville, ON over the past 12 months, representing $1.3B in declared construction value. New Construction permits lead by volume. Every record is geocoded and normalized to a consistent schema, so you can query Oakville the same way you query any other Canadian city in the dataset.

Common uses

  • Proptech and real estate: track the new development pipeline, spot supply trends before listings hit market
  • Insurance: verify construction activity and renovation history at the property level
  • Urban planning and research: analyze permit trends by type, neighbourhood, and time period
  • Construction and trades: identify new project opportunities as permits are issued across Ontario

Oakville Permits by Type

Breakdown of permit categories across all years on record.

New Construction
3k
Other
1k
Renovation
926
Addition
297
Demolition
187
Change of Use
11

Recent Oakville Building Permits

Latest permits issued in Oakville, loaded live from the BuildData API.

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Oakville Planning Applications by Status

Breakdown of categories across all records on file.

Other
598
Pending
58

Recent Planning Applications in Oakville

Latest planning application records, loaded live from the BuildData API.

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Query Oakville Permits via API

Filter by type, date range, address, or construction value. Returns JSON.

curl --request GET --url "https://builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com/permit?municipality=oakville&permit_type_canonical=new_construction&limit=10" --header "X-RapidAPI-Key: YOUR_KEY_HERE" --header "X-RapidAPI-Host: builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com"

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